We are grateful for the support of many
organisations that have assisted in making this collection freely
available, in particular the Ministry
of Education and university libraries throughout New Zealand. Please
see our supporting organisations section below.

The niupepa collection consists of over 17,000 pages taken from 34
separate periodicals. It is based on "Niupepa 1842-1933", a
microfiche collection produced by the Alexander
Turnbull Library. 70% of the collection is written solely in
Māori, 27% is bilingual and about 3% is written in English. There
were three main types of niupepa published; government sponsored,
Māori initiated, and religious.

Further information about the Niupepa Collection can be found in Rere
Atu Taku Manu! Discovering History, Language & Politics in the Māori
Language Newspapers. Edited by Jennifer Curnow, Ngapare Hopa, and Jane
McRae. Auckland University Press (2002).